Airline-dle
Puzzle #9 was Southwest Airlines.
Southwest Airlines is a major airline in the United States. It is headquartered in the Love Field neighborhood of Dallas, Texas. It is the fourth-largest airline in North America when measured by passengers carried, as of 2024.
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What the record says
Puzzle 9 ran on 20 Jul 2026 and the answer was Southwest Airlines, played with 6 guesses against 5 columns. On the record: Country - United States; Region - North America; Status - active; Alliance - none. The numbers: Founded - 1960.
Beyond the grid the record adds Callsign - SOUTHWEST; Codes - WN / SWA.
Airline-dle builds its record from OpenFlights - Open Database License (ODbL) 1.0 and Wikidata - CC0 1.0 (region, founding decade, alliance, hub, headquarters). The description above comes from the same place the game credits on every reveal: English Wikipedia summary excerpt, CC BY-SA 4.0. The puzzle itself is still playable in the archive, and every answer that has been and gone is listed on the past-answers page.
How it scored
- Country
- United States
- Region
- North America
- Status
- active
- Founded
- 1960
- Alliance
- none
Also on the record
- Callsign
- SOUTHWEST
- Codes
- WN / SWA